Winding-frame for small wares.



A. GOETZ.

WINDING FRAME FOR SMALL WARES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY so. 1913.

C OLUMBIA PMNGURAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

smit i ALFRED 'feoiarz, or BERLIN, GE MA WIN ING-reams FOR SMALL wanes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lApplicationfiled lluly 30, 1913. Seria1;No.;732,063.

quantities of small wares sold in retail businesses. I

Small wares of wool, cotton, silk, velvet and the likeare placed on the market for retail sale, as is .known, rolled in certain lengths on paper or board rollers. In this form, however,the small wares are butlittle suitable .for making a pleasing, clearly ar ranged show, because a roller wound full with ribbon, tape orthe like whenconsidered purely outwardly is nothing striking to look at. Inorder'to remedy these defects and more readily to arrange small wares in a small space and to show'them more pleasingly and clearly, I provide according to this invention a winding-frame, on which the small wares are .wound with a suitable number of turns.

I am. aware that it is well known to wind articles in the form of a band or strip on winding-frames, but believe it is new to employ winding-frames for winding small wares of the above-mentioned kind in retail businesses of the branch of trade in question.

In order completely to attain the end in question, according to my invention the winding-frame is made of sheet-metal, preferably aluminium.

Two illustrative embodiments of my invention are represented by way of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred form of my winding frame; Fig. 2 is a like view showing one end of another form, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the separated parts of the frame shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. l, the winding-frame a comprises a flat piece of sheet-metal, preferably aluminium, provided at both ends with prongs or lugs 5, 6 some of which are fixed and some hinged. Two bulged portions 0, 0 formed by cuts in the middle of the frame and by portions of the metal being bulged outward constitute bearings through which a pin or axle cl can be placed in order to mount the winding-frame in a stand for winding up or unwinding the small ewarese, so that-the axle canrotate with the frame, which, of course, must be Zfirmly held on the axle. By stamping a hole a in the frame I provide .that the frame always adjusts it- FFICE Patented Aug. 31,1915.

self into the vertical plane,;as thelsolid por-ji P 1 tiona ofthe frame acts as a weight.

An elastic cord 7 or othervelastictie is attached in the prongs b, b at one or both sides of the frame. This elastic has a length which corresponds approximately to the. dis:

tance between two prongs and'terminates in a knot orbutton f .By meansofthis knot or button 7 the elastic f is held in oneo'f the notches 9 provided in the opposite prong b and a certain tensionais given to the elastic; this tension is increased or diminished according as the distance betweenzthe" point ofattachmentof theelastic in the one prong and the point of attachment in one of the notches in the other prong is increased" or diminishechandthe tension of the elastic can be regulatedin this manner.

The object of the elastic cordis to secure the upper or outside end of the small waresor ribbon 'e wound on the frame a. If the frame is woundfull so that a large number of turns of the ribbon e are located on it, the tension of the elastic 7 must not be too great owing to the considerable depth of the roll, because i it would otherwise produce strong impressions in the small wares or ribbon and the good appearance of the latter when unwound would be impaired. Accordingly, the one end of the elastic will be held in a notch g nearer to or more remote from the point of attachment of its other end according to the quantity of the ribbon e wound on the frame, in order in this manner to regulate the tension of the elastic and its pressure on the outer end of the wound ribbon.

The prongs b and b are held in their extended position, and in any adjusted position, by frictional contact. The tension of the elastic core f is not sufficient to overcome the frictional contact of the pronge b and 5 therefore the cord f will not have an tendency to move the prongs b and Z2 from their normal or adjusted positions.

In order to prevent the wound-up ribbon, and particularly its first inside turns at the ends of the frame from pressing too severely on or being cut into by the very narrow edges of the plate a between the prongs 79, 6 whereby very ugly bends or uneven places would be produced in the ribbon, par 7 from the frame a are mounted on the ends of thepin 7c, and owing to thelatter rotating without play in the bead i, the prongs can be turned from'the position shown'through 180 in a plane at right angles to the plane of the frame, whereupon the ribbon can be i slipped laterally off or onto the frame, which is possible in theform according to Fig; 1,

when the prongs b are'rotated into the position indicated in dotted lines.

Owing to the winding-fra1ne being made of sheet-metal, preferably sheet aluminium, it has sufiicient stability to enable it to be placed when fully wound with small wares in a vertical position and to be secured there- 1 in, in order to show the small wares as effectively as possible to the observer.- This property is entirely lacking in the windingframes made of cardboard or pasteboard heretofore employed for holding small wares, while winding-frames made of wood aretoo thick and heavy for the purposes in question, and also suffer under theaction of moisture and warp, which is quite impossible in the case of metal winding-frames.

I claim': 1. A winding frame comprising a main Copies of this patent may be obtained for body on which material may be wound for display, and a pair of prongs extending from each end of the body, one prong of each v pair being adapted to be rotated to a position along side of the edge of the body whereby the said material may be slipped off said body.

2. The combination of a sheet-metal winding-frame having forked ends, one of the prongs of one forked endhaving notches in the sidethereof, and an elastic tie having one end attached to the "other prong at the same forked end and adapted to be fastened at its other end in one of said notches.

3. The combination of a sheet-metal winding-frame having beaded ends constituting bearings for the material to be displayed and a fixed prong at the one end of each bearing, anoscillatable prong and a pin, carrying said oscillatable prong, rotatablyheld at the other end of each bearing.

4-. The combination of a sheet-metal winding-frame having forked ends directed away ing revolubly mounted so that the prongs will fold in a'direction toward each other and outwardly-bent portions constituting bearings in the middle thereof, and an aXle carried in said bearings,the part of the frame at the one'side of the axle being materially heavier than the part thereof .at the other side.

in the presence of two witnesses.

' ALFRED GOE-TZ.

WVitnesses: I V i LoUIs VANDORY, HANS DUMONT. 3

five cents each,'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. V i

from each other, one prong on'ea'ch fork bec I i In testimony whereof, I affix my signature 7 

